Description

1. 5216 PARINGDON ROAD Kingsmoor House TL 40 NW 3/18

II* GV 2. Late C19, rebuild of a C18 house. The south elevaton is the best and is of 2 storeys, stuccoed, with a parapet extending round a compassed bay window facing west. Peg-tiled roof mounting 2 tall, elegant, red brick chimneys. Three dormers behind the parapet with compassed tops and pairs of small-paned casements. Then an eaves-band above a range of 5 small-paned hornless sashes. The ground storey has a semi-hexagonal bay window with a copper-clad double ogee roof and full height small-paned casements. Two matching sashes either side. West front U-planned with 2 compassed bays at left and right each with coped parapets and 3 small paned hornless sashes on both storeys. Between these bays an Ionic, 2 column portico with fretted balustrade at first floor level. East front basically H-plan, of 2 storeys with attics and numerous dormers variously shaped, all windows small-paned hornless sashes. Centrally, in the recess, a Neo-Classical porch, semi-hexagonal on plan with broken swan-necked pediment. Inside: some wide panelled, C18 door-leaves and a good dog-legged hardwood stair and hand rail.

Listing NGR: TL4388607717

External Links

• Wikidata Q17531898

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